The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

On the skeletal ship that was leading the way, the faceless messenger reappeared.

It stared at Shen Ge, and for the first time, a look of bewilderment seemed to appear on that face without features.

Because Shen Ge has a higher rating and more authority than him.

Shen Ge didn't give it a chance to think or analyze, and continued to release the unique eerie energy aura of the "Primordial Mystery" to "oppress" the other party.

Although the system has only been repaired to the seventh level, the unique aura of the "Primordial Mystery" will not change. The seventh level is enough to put pressure on the Faceless Messenger.

At the same time, Shen Ge suppressed the weakness caused by overdrawing his strange energy and fully unleashed his own strange domain, instantly enveloping the entire fleet with the aura of "Primordial Strangeness".

Then, Shen Ge's dark gold right pupil turned completely black, maximizing the power of the "evil eye" and deepening his impression of the "oracle".

"...The 'bell'...is merely the shepherd's bell...while I...am the true 'rancher'..."

"...Your voyage has gone in the wrong direction..."

"...Now, return to your ranks...and await...my...final command to return to the 'Throne of God'..."

Shen Ge is gambling!

He's betting on the "rules" that this fleet represents, the core procedures of which are not perfect!
He was betting that the massive organization "New God Cult" also contained different "factions" and "deities"!
He was gambling that his unique ancestral aura would be deceptively convincing to these subordinate units, enough to fool them completely!
The reason Shen Ge dared to take such a gamble was entirely due to his experience in the fragmented world; it wasn't impossible for him to "get ahead" to the upper echelons of the New God Cult.

As expected, after sensing Shen Ge's direct output of supernatural energy, the Faceless Messenger's pale body trembled slightly.

Its underlying logic is being drastically rewritten. It cannot understand what is happening before its eyes, but the "divine suppression" from Shen Ge, an undeniable source of bloodline, is real and true!

It is merely one of many "messengers" among the numerous fleets, and its authenticity cannot be determined.

In any well-structured program, when two "top instructions" appear and their priorities cannot be determined, the safest option is to pause the current task, return to the initial settings, and wait for further explicit instructions.

A few minutes later, under Shen Ge's cold "gaze," the faceless messenger slowly bowed deeply in Shen Ge's direction.

This is an action that signifies "compliance".

Immediately afterwards, it returned to its small boat of bones and rejoined the fleet.

After a brief period of chaos, the massive ghost fleet regained its deathly order.

But instead of moving closer to "Ark One," they slowly changed course and returned to their original route, which they didn't know was heading in.

Until that massive ghost fleet completely disappeared at the horizon.

On the deck, the oppressive aura that had almost solidified slowly dissipated.

"call."

Shen Ge plopped down on the deck, exhausted. He had used up all his energy and was on the verge of collapse.

"Looking at it this way, I might actually be able to infiltrate the 'New God Cult' and become an official, or even sit in the position of the 'New God'."

With a "thump," Roca and Kyle, who had been holding on, suddenly collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, their bodies soaked in cold sweat.

Alai and Ellie also leaned against the side of the cabin, their faces pale, with a sense of exhaustion as if they had survived a disaster or woken up from a nightmare.

As for the youngest, Moya, she had already fallen into a deep sleep in Alai's arms, terrified.

What they just witnessed had an even greater impact on Alai and his companions than facing the giant abyss beast.

The confrontation and disguise at the level of supernatural power are far more exhausting than simply expending physical strength. Those few short minutes had almost devastated his willpower.

"He...they...just left like that?" Alai's voice still trembled with disbelief.

"Ah."

Shen Ge nodded, staring at the direction the fleet had disappeared in, seemingly lost in thought, before adding two more words: "For now."

He knew he had only exploited a "program vulnerability" to temporarily "deceive" them.

Once the "bell" behind them, or the "lighthouse," detects the anomaly or issues new instructions, the lie will be immediately exposed.

They are not truly safe.

They simply bought themselves a very precious respite.

"Brother, what do we do now? The nautical chart... the nautical chart is useless now." Roca's voice was full of confusion.

The nautical chart has been confirmed to be related to the "New God Cult," and continuing to use this thing is tantamount to installing an enemy locator on the ship.

Without guidance, they were left to their fate in this "purified" and lifeless Dead Sea.

Shen Ge did not immediately answer Roca's question. His gaze, which was somewhat unfocused due to extreme exhaustion, was fixed on the huge vortex in front of him that was slowly calming down after the Deep Sea Monster King was swallowed up.

Everyone followed his gaze, but all they saw was a sea of ​​broken foam, now back to its blue color, and they couldn't understand what he was looking at.

"Brother?" Kyle called out tentatively. He was even a little worried that Shen Ge might be a bit dazed because of the exertion he had just experienced.

Shen Ge slowly raised a hand to stop him. His breathing was still rapid, but a smile full of excitement and anticipation, which he could not suppress, appeared on his lips.

"We're here," Shen Ge said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the sea surface at the center of that huge whirlpool began to rise violently and without warning, as if an invisible volcano on the seabed was about to erupt.

Within a mere dozen seconds, a gigantic, rotting object, emanating a black aura, burst forth from the water and continued to rise, rise...

When it finally stopped rising, everyone present couldn't help but gasp.

That was a huge, monstrous tumor in the heart!

It is several times larger than the entire hull of "Ark One", and it floats quietly on the sea surface, its surface covered with a thin film on which black veins can be seen.

Through that translucent thin film, one could see the dense, spiderweb-like blood vessels inside, flowing with black, eerie energy.

Each slow pulsation causes the entire sea to tremble and surge with large waves.

"It...it's not dead?" Ellie's voice trembled with tears, her heart, which had just settled, leaping back into her throat. "No, it's dead." Shen Ge shook his head, his eerie eyes observing the condition of the tumor's heart. He discovered that most of the eerie energy had been absorbed.

But... why not kill it completely?

Do they really treat the sea as a pasture and avoid doing things that kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?
For high-level monsters like the Deep Sea Monster King, as long as the monster's heart remains intact, it is possible for the body to be "resurrected" even after it has been destroyed.

"High-speed regeneration" has always been the most powerful and mysterious method!
Shen Ge, who was already on the verge of collapse and had little strength, suddenly became interested: "Bring out all our ropes! Kyle, Roca, get ready, we're going to... haul it onto the boat!"

This command nearly made the two brothers, who had just collapsed to the ground, faint again. Drag the heart of this monster, bigger than a ship... onto the ship?

Brother, do you still want the boat?
Or are we preparing to be reborn as deep-sea creatures?
Of course, despite their doubts, they had to follow Shen Ge's orders. So, Shen Ge lay there to rest while the siblings got busy.

Shen Ge instructed Kyle and Roca to connect all the ropes made of strange tendons into a "main cable" several hundred meters long, and then use the mast as a lever fulcrum.

After resting for half a day, Shen Ge regained some of his energy. Although there was very little food and water left on the ship, he could barely last another day or two.

Shen Ge personally used his "invisible" transparent hand to firmly fix one end of the cable to a relatively sturdy aorta of the tumorous heart.

Shen Ge's statement about "dragging it onto the boat" is not accurate. To be precise, it means pulling the tumorous heart out of the vortex that has not yet completely disappeared.

Then approach the side of Ark No. 1 to facilitate Shen Ge's contact.

Although the enormous, eerie vortex had slowed down and had not caused any other collateral damage to the sea area, Shen Ge dared not gamble with Ark No. 1.

The dragging operation did not go as smoothly as expected. It took most of the day to pull a portion out of the vortex and bring Ark One a little closer to it.

At this moment, Shen Ge discovered that the vortex did not generate any "suction force." Although this violated the common sense of physics, the world had already been destroyed by the strange creatures, so there was no need to talk about the laws of physics at this time.

The monstrous heart could not be dragged onto the deck; instead, it was attached tightly to the side of the ship like a huge, black "external armor," causing the ship's waterline to drop by nearly half a meter.

After a short rest, Shen Ge didn't waste a moment. He dragged his tired body to the side of the heart that was still beating slowly.

"Brother, what... what are you going to do?" Kyle asked nervously.

“Give our ship a…new ‘heart’,” Shen Ge said, gently pressing his hand on the disgusting black veins.

Sure enough, the moment it touched the heart of the monstrous tumor, a system notification immediately sounded in my mind.

[The heart has been detected as having potential for absorption. Absorbing it will provide a small amount of system replenishment and restore a significant amount of mystical energy.]

The system within Shen Ge's body is the Primordial Mystery, while the Deep Sea Mystery King, strictly speaking, is merely a small piece of flesh that fell from the Primordial Mystery, growing to the level of a seventh-order Mystery King.

Although it is the King of Ghosts, the system's repair level is determined by the amount of "Progenitor Ghost Cells", which is why it indicates that only a small amount of repair has been completed.

Although Shen Ge had expected this, he still couldn't hide his disappointment.

"Only devour a portion?" Shen Ge was clearly asking the system, but unfortunately, the system wasn't Xiao Qi and couldn't provide the answer he wanted.

After thinking it over, Shen Ge decided to perform surgery on the tumor's heart, cutting off a portion to use as an energy source for Ark No. 1, and then devouring the rest.

Shen Ge combined several unique domain characteristics, and the invisible domain "operated" the surgery, finally completing the cutting on the second night.

"Devour!" Shen Ge pressed the largest tumor-like heart to activate the system and begin devouring it.

[Swallowed successfully! 】

[The system is currently upgrading its basic functions. The supernatural energy is gradually recovering. All system-related functions are currently unavailable.]

"whispering sound."

You talk as if you were perfectly normal before!
Shen Ge was too lazy to complain to the system. Fortunately, after devouring the monster's heart, his seventh-level monster energy was restored to about 80%, and his body's various functions were also restored.

In this way, Shen Ge can use the Ghost Domain to fuse the remaining Ghost Tumor Heart, which is about one-third the size of Ark No. 1, with the Ark.

This "operation" was also performed by the invisible ghost domain, but Shen Ge was no stranger to this kind of "fusion," having done it once before inside the "mountain."

The difference is that back then, the "power of dreams" was used to fuse the mountain with the fusion-type monster. This time, without the "power of dreams," Shen Ge can only use the erosion of the monster's energy to make the Ark take the lead and "devour" the monster's heart.

Although this would result in the loss of a significant amount of the monster's energy and regenerative capabilities from the monster's heart, it would ensure the absolute safety of Ark One and prevent it from being "backfired."

Shen Ge intends to transform a small piece of the seventh-tier Ghost King's tumor-like heart into an external bio-engine for "Ark No. 1"!

Two days, a full two days.

Shen Ge's newly recovered supernatural energy was almost depleted again during this "surgery," but it was finally completed. The entire "Ark No. 1" had completely merged with that enormous, monstrous tumor-like heart.

"call."

"Done, call it a day."

Shen Ge breathed a sigh of relief, then looked up at the worried Alai beside him: "Don't worry, we'll be able to leave this area soon."

"start sailing!"

"Number One, move out!"

Shen Ge waved his hand, and Kyle and Roca were about to take their positions and pull the sails and steer as usual, but they were surprised to find that... the ship started moving on its own!

"It...it moved! Brother! It can...it can obey your commands directly!" Roca exclaimed.

Unseen by the crowd, dozens of enormous tentacles grew from the connection between the tumor and the ship at the bottom of the hull. These tentacles provided some of the power, and together with the sails, the ark's speed was several times faster than when it relied solely on the sails!
With the "biological engine," the "Ark No. 1" will no longer be a passive drifting ship, nor will it need to rely on the wind for sustenance.

With a "power source," the Ark finally managed to sail away from the "Dead Sea" two days later, after the ship had run out of ammunition and food for a day.

"School of fish! Brother, sister, look! School of fish!" Roca shouted excitedly, pointing to the school of fish swimming in the sea.

Then, without even taking off his clothes, he transformed into a "shark" and leaped into the sea. The next second, he reappeared from the surface, holding a fish in each hand.

"Fish, delicious fish!"

The return of the fish, coupled with the ship's seawater circulation system, will at least ensure that everyone will not go hungry in the short term.

Having experienced this, they decided to prepare more food reserves until the warehouses were full! (End of Chapter)